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Old May 30, 2016 | 1:28 am
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ukdoctor
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If you really want skywards miles then a better optionnis to buy starwood (spg) points if you have an SPG account.

On spg you can buy 1000 star points for $35
EK wants $40 for 1000 skywards miles

Normally star points transfer to skywards miles at 1:1

BUT

If you have 20000 starpoints you can transfer them to skywards and you can get a 5000 skywards bonus

I.e 20000 star points becomes 25000 skywards.

Moreover Starpoints are frequently on offer for a 25% discount which makes it a no brainer.

The only catch is that it takes a few days to transfer from starpoints on spg to skywards on EK once the request is made.
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